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CHAP. 57.—GALEOPSIS, GALEOBDOLON, OR GALION: SIX REMEDIES.

Galeopsis,1 or as some call it, "galeobdolon" or "galion,"
is a plant with a stem and leaves like those of the nettle, only
smaller; and which, when bruised, emit a powerful smell. The
flower is purple, and the plant is found growing everywhere,
about hedges and foot-paths. The leaves and stems, bruised in
vinegar, and applied topically, are curative of indurations,
carcinomata, and scrofulous sores. They disperse also inflam-
natory tumours and imposthumes of the parotid glands, and
it is found a useful plan to foment the parts affected with a
decoction of them. Applied with salt, this plant is curative
of putrid ulcers and gangrenous sores.

1 It has been suggested that this plant is the same as the Lamium,
mentioned in B. xxii. c. 16, but Fée is not of that opinion. He identifies
the Galeopsis with the Lamium purpureum of Linnæus, the Purple archangel, or dead-nettle. Littré gives as its synonym the Scrofularia pere-
grina of Linnæus, the Foreign figwort.

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